Longshots #180: Developing Libraries' Contributions to Their Communities, Podcast (16:34) by Sarah Ann Long, interviewing Amy Eshleman, Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Planning and Partnerships at the Chicago Public Library. Ms. Eshleman served on the advisory committee for a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to the International City Managers Association and the Urban Libraries Council, which aimed to find ways libraries could help make cities stronger. Amy explains how the grant came about, what the goals of the advisory committee were, and what effect it's had on the Chicago library system and the greater library community since it started. Aug. 19, 2009.

Additional resources

Barron, Daniel D., Robert V. Williams, Stephen Bajjaly, Jennifer Arns, and Steven Wilson. 2005. The Economic Impact of Public Libraries on South Carolina. A study prepared for the University of South Carolina.